Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 383 Persuasion
"By the way, is there anything unusual on Gu Tingwei's side?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Your Majesty, the person who is monitoring Gu Tingwei has sent a message saying that Gu Tingwei is doing fine." Yin Hanzhang said.

"According to the time, Song Chaozhong should be arriving soon. We will know whether there are any problems then." Zhao Xing murmured.

“If you find out that Wen Sheng has recently bought tranquilizing herbs, send someone to secretly try to contact her and see if you can recruit her for your own use,” Zhao Xing said.

"Yes!" Yin Hanzhang replied.

"Go!"

Zhao Xing waved his hand, sent Yin Hanzhang away, and then began to search through the folder on the table.

After a while, Zhao Xing found a letter, which was an application for appointment to an official position for a newly-appointed Jinshi.

Among them, Wen Yanjing was appointed as the Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Personnel.

Zhao Xing pondered for a while, then picked up his pen and prepared to cross out Wen Yanjing's name.

He didn't know whether there was any problem with Wen Yanjing's appointment as an official, but since the person in secret promised Molan to help Wen Yanjing enter the Ministry of Personnel, as long as Wen Yanjing couldn't enter the Ministry of Personnel, Molan would definitely think that she had been cheated.

By then, it would be easy for Yin Hanzhang to win over Molan.

However, just as he was about to put pen to paper, Zhao Xing stopped again.

Doing so would indeed make Molan feel cheated, but at the same time it would also arouse suspicion from the people behind the scenes.

Moreover, they did not do what they promised Molan. While Molan was suspicious of them, they might not necessarily believe Molan.

Doing so might alert the enemy and Molan would lose its value.

Zhao Xing thought for a while, then changed to a red pen and wrote a "approved" on the document!
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"and many more!"

Liang Yimai stopped the eunuch who was leading the way and said, "This shouldn't be the way out of the palace, right?"

Yesterday, Han Zhang went to the Honglu Temple and discussed with Liang Yima the rules for meeting Li Yunchu.

Today Liang Yimai was allowed to enter the palace and meet Li Yunchu.

Li Yunchu already hated the Liang family. After meeting Liang Yimai, he chatted with them briefly and then left.

Liang Yi met Li Yunchu, on the one hand to complete the task assigned by Li Liangzuo, and on the other hand to find an opportunity to meet Zhao Xing alone.

But Lu Shanchang had already suspected him yesterday, and Han Zhang went over and asked to talk to him alone.

Afterwards, Liang Yi thought about it carefully and realized that he had been tricked.

He had given up the idea of ​​meeting Zhao Xing alone.

If the next time Zhao Xing summons the Xixia envoy and he says that he has a pleasant conversation with him, it will be a big trouble.

Therefore, after meeting Li Yunchu, Liang Yimai did not ask to meet Zhao Xing.

But as he walked, he realized something was wrong.

Although the Imperial Palace of the Great Song Dynasty was huge and Liang Yi could not remember the way he came, he could still tell the direction to leave the palace.

The direction led by the eunuch at this time was not the direction of leaving the palace at all.

"Replying to the noble envoy, His Majesty said he wanted to see you." The eunuch who led the way bowed.

"Please report to the Emperor Song that I am an envoy of the Xia Kingdom. It is not appropriate for me to meet the Emperor Xia alone!" Liang Yimai said.

The eunuch who led the way did not say anything when he heard this, but just looked at Liang Yimai with a smile.

"Lead the way!" Liang Yi said with a sigh.

He knew he had no choice at this point. He couldn't just force his way out of the palace.

"Please come this way, Your Excellency!" said the eunuch who led the way, turning sideways.

He led Liang Yimai all the way to the outside of Longtu Pavilion, and negotiated with the eunuchs outside the palace for a few words. Liang Yimai was then led into the palace by the eunuchs serving in the palace. Liang Yimai walked into the hall with mixed feelings, and saw Zhao Xing at the top, looking at him with a smile.

"A foreign minister pays respect to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty!" Liang Yimai bowed and saluted.

"No courtesy, please sit down!"

"Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song!"

Zhao Xing waited for Liang Yimai to sit down, and then asked the palace maid to serve tea to Liang Yimai.

"I wonder why the Emperor of the Song Dynasty summoned the foreign minister?" Liang Yi asked.

"hehe."

Zhao Xing chuckled and said, "I want to talk to you about cooperation?"

"The discussion of cooperation between the two countries should be held in the main hall, with the presence of civil and military officials and envoys from our Xia Kingdom. Although foreign officials are the main envoys, there is no reason for them to discuss cooperation alone with the Emperor of the Song Dynasty." Liang Yi shook his head.

"Why do you pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth? Didn't I have a good cooperation with you last time?" Zhao Xing said with a smile.

"When have foreign ministers ever cooperated with Your Majesty?"

"The last time you were sent as an envoy to the Song Dynasty, you deliberately asked me for my maid when you saw me. You did that to anger me and didn't want me to agree to join forces with the Xia Kingdom to attack the Liao Dynasty, right?"

"I don't understand what your majesty means."

"No, you know!"

Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Your Liang family may seem to have great power in Xixia, but in reality, it is a dangerous situation. Because your Liang family has no military power, once Emperor Xia is gone, will those Xixia nobles let your Liang family go?"

"Your Majesty, is it a little too childish to use this method to sow discord?" Liang Yimai said disdainfully.

"You know whether it is to sow discord or not. As far as I know, this time when Xixia sent troops to the plateau, there were some newly promoted Han generals in the army. I'm afraid many of them are from your Liang family.

The plateau is now within reach, and when the time comes, these people will be promoted based on their merits.

Therefore, your Liang family does not want to withdraw troops at this time."

"Your Majesty, what you said is even more exciting than those stories in the market. But even if it is as Your Majesty thinks, my Liang family does not want to withdraw our troops, then I should stop the Song Dynasty from sending more troops to Hehuang." Liang Yi said with a smile.

"Because your father knows clearly that the Song Dynasty will not give up sending reinforcements just because of a few threats from the Western Xia envoys. For the Song Dynasty, it will not be a loss if it can force the Western Xia to withdraw its troops from the plateau." Zhao Xing said calmly.

When Liang Yimei heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

What Zhao Xing said was almost the same as what his father said before he left.

Liang Guangchuan said that the Song Dynasty would not withdraw its troops just because of the Xixia's envoys.

After all, Zhao Xing was young and energetic, and he had just ascended the throne. If he gave up his plan to take Hehuang because of this, where would Zhao Xing put his face?

If Western Xia wanted to prevent the Song Dynasty from occupying Hehuang, it had to withdraw its troops from the plateau.

For the Song Dynasty, even if it could not occupy Hehuang, forcing the Western Xia to withdraw its troops would still be a gain.

After Liang Yi was buried in the Song Dynasty, his words were not harsh and he gave up easily, just wanting to delay time.

What he delayed was not the time of the Song Dynasty, but the time for the Western Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo to order the troops to withdraw from the plateau.

As long as they can delay until Xixia completely occupies the plateau, they can withdraw part of their troops.

Seeing Liang Yimai remained silent, Zhao Xing continued, "Your Liang family wants to control certain military power in Xixia, and the Song Dynasty wants to annex Hehuang. This is not contradictory. I think we can cooperate. What do you think?"

"How does Your Majesty want to cooperate?" Liang Yi asked.

Zhao Xing smiled when he heard this and said, "You Liang family, help me do your best to hold back Emperor Xia and prevent him from sending troops to interfere in the affairs of Hehuang. And the Song Dynasty can cooperate with your people in the future and let them perform meritorious deeds!"

"Your Majesty, do you think I'm a fool? Let's not talk about whether we can delay it or not. Even if we can delay it, if Your Majesty goes back on his word in the future, what can our Liang family do to Your Majesty?" Liang Yi sneered.

(End of this chapter)